1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1984 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1984
Playoff
Duration	November 24 – December 15, 1984
Championship site	Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Champion	Montana State Bobcats
Division I-AA football season
«1983 1985»

The 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1984, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 15, 1984, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, SC. The Montana State Bobcats won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a final score of 19−6.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

Prior to the season, the Gulf Star Conference was formed by six I-AA Independent and Division II teams from Louisiana and Texas. The league would continue for three seasons before being absorbed by the Southland Conference in 1987.

School	1983 Conference	1984 Conference
Eastern Washington	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Florida A&M	MEAC	I-AA Independent
Morgan State	D-II Independent	MEAC (I-AA)
Nicholls State	I-AA Independent	Gulf Star
Northwestern State	I-AA Independent	Gulf Star
Sam Houston State	Lone Star (D-II)	Gulf Star (I-AA)
Southeastern Louisiana	I-AA Independent	Gulf Star
Texas State	Lone Star (D-II)	Gulf Star (I-AA)
Stephen F. Austin	Lone Star (D-II)	Gulf Star (I-AA)

Conference standings

1984 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Montana State $	6	–	1	–	0	12	–	2	–	0
Nevada	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Idaho	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boise State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Idaho State	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Weber State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Montana	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Montana State earned automatic berth in NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Nevada earned at-large berth in NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before championship playoffs)

1984 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Penn $		7	–	0		8	–	1
Yale		5	–	2		6	–	3
Harvard		5	–	2		5	–	4
Brown		4	–	3		4	–	5
Princeton		3	–	4		4	–	5
Cornell		2	–	5		2	–	7
Dartmouth		2	–	5		2	–	7
Columbia		0	–	7		0	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

Template:1984 Gulf Star football standings

1984 Mid-Continent football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Eastern Illinois +	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northern Iowa +	2	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Southwest Missouri State	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Western Illinois	0	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions

Template:1984 MEAC football standings

Template:1984 Ohio Valley football standings

1984 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Chattanooga $^		5	–	1		6	–	5
Western Carolina		5	–	2		8	–	3
The Citadel		4	–	2		7	–	4
Furman		3	–	3		8	–	3
East Tennessee State		2	–	4		6	–	5
Marshall		2	–	4		6	–	5
Appalachian State		2	–	5		4	–	7
VMI		1	–	4		1	–	9
Davidson		0	–	5		2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

Template:1984 Southland Conference football standings

Template:1984 SWAC football standings

1984 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
#2 Rhode Island +^	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#4 Boston University +^	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#11 New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
UMass	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

1984 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Tennessee State		–		11	–	0	–	0
Georgia Southern		–		8	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross		–		8	–	3	–	0
Richmond ^		–		8	–	4	–	0
Eastern Washington		–		7	–	2	–	1
Delaware		–		7	–	4	–	0
James Madison		–		6	–	5	–	0
William & Mary		–		6	–	5	–	0
Bucknell		–		5	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	5	–	0
Lafayette		–		5	–	5	–	0
Lehigh		–		5	–	6	–	0
Western Kentucky		–		2	–	9	–	0

^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

Conference champions

Conference champions
Big Sky Conference – Montana State Ivy League – Penn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune-Cookman Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Southern Conference – Chattanooga Southland Conference – Louisiana Tech Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State Yankee Conference – Boston University and Rhode Island

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round
November 24
Campus Sites

Quarterfinals
December 1
Campus Sites

Semifinals
December 8
Campus Sites

National Championship Game
December 15

Jackson, MS

Ruston, LA

Alcorn State

Louisiana Tech

Murfreesboro, TN

Louisiana Tech

Mississippi Valley State

Louisiana Tech

Terre Haute, IN

Richmond, KY

Middle Tennessee State

Indiana State

Eastern Kentucky

Charleston, SC – Hagood Stadium

Middle Tennessee State

42***

Middle Tennessee State

Louisiana Tech

Kingston, RI

Richmond, VA

Montana State

Rhode Island

Richmond

Bozeman, MT

Richmond

Boston U.

Rhode Island

Bozeman, MT

Jonesboro, AR

Montana State

Arkansas State

Arkansas State

Chattanooga

*indicates overtime period

References

↑ "1984 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

1984 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Alcorn State Arkansas State Boston U Chattanooga Eastern Kentucky Indiana State Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee State Mississippi Valley State Montana State Rhode Island Richmond

Champion – Montana State Bobcats

NCAA football seasons

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